Power Systems Engineer - Canada

About the role

Handshake is looking for experienced Power Systems Engineers to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional engineering role—you’ll draw on your hands-on industry experience in power systems, microgrids, high-voltage systems, grid operations, or protection and control to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing power engineer. This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity that you can take on alongside your current role. Work is remote and asynchronous; you can work independently from wherever you are. Placement into a project depends on project availability—if you apply now and can’t work on this project, more will be available soon.

Responsibilities

• Create expert-level power engineering problems and scenarios grounded in real design, analysis, testing, commissioning, operations, and field work
• Review AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, practical feasibility, safety, and alignment with industry standards and engineering practice
• Evaluate calculations, assumptions, methodologies, and recommendations involving power flow, short-circuit analysis, protection, grid stability, equipment selection, and related topics
• Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
• Develop prompts for AI models that reflect your field, and evaluate responses
• Complete tasks at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum-hour requirement

Qualifications

Required:

• Industry experience — 2+ years of hands-on power systems engineering experience
• Degree — MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a closely related field. A BS in Electrical Engineering also qualifies when paired with strong industry experience
• Power systems expertise — demonstrated depth in one or more of the following areas:

• Transmission or distribution systems
• Microgrids and distributed energy resources
• High-voltage equipment and substations
• Protection, control, and relay coordination
• Power-flow, short-circuit, stability, or contingency analysis
• Grid integration of renewable energy and battery storage
• Power quality, grounding, or arc-flash analysis
• Utility operations, commissioning, or field engineering

Preferred (additional qualifications):

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or comparable professional certification
• Experience applying relevant IEEE,